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Originally posted by ShadeWolf
reply to post by whyamIhere
A trained ape is overqualified for that kind of work. Someone with full possession of a functioning mind has no place slaving away at a cash register for a pittance. The only reason things like gas station attendant and retail worker haven't been replaced by machines is because government subsidies make slaves cheaper.
Originally posted by Sly1one
the problem with excellence/value is its contextual...
the problem with context is its relative...
universal excellence is an ego driven illusion to fight off insecurity, uncertainty, etc...
we are all equally amazing and all equally worthless...it depends on the context in which excellence/worthlessness is measured and the context depends on what you are relating it to...
Steven Hawking is a worthless swimmer but amazing physicist...and Michael Phelps is a worthless physicist but amazing swimmer...do they both get trophies or do neither get trophies?
depends...on...the...context.
edit on 7-2-2013 by Sly1one because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by whyamIhere
Originally posted by votan
reply to post by whyamIhere
Not sure what you are talking about. I returned to school recently and the amount of people in engineering now a days is pretty astounding. Especially the amount of women now involved in engineering. Back when i was an undergrad it was mostly nerdy guys.
I am very impressed at how motivated and talented many are. They not only think they are special but they act and perform like they are.
Sounds to me like you are bitter old fogeee.
edit on 6-2-2013 by votan because: (no reason given)
Sigh......Couldn't resist the name calling?
I am specifically not talking about young people in Institutions of higher learning.
I am concerned more with High School and younger on Social Media.
When you use technology to create an alternate reality it concerns me.
I am proud of you for bettering yourself. It takes lots of hard work doesn't it?
That's my point....It takes hard work to get what you want.
I believe this is what we should be instilling in these kids.
Not just show up and everyone gets a trophy.
See how many words I typed without calling you names?
Originally posted by caladonea
Originally posted by whyamIhere
My point is, out of their 500+ so called "Friends" on their phone.
How many of those people could they call if they had a flat tire?
Actually I think your above point ties into the point I am trying to make; which is; how many of those 500+ (so-called friends) are just pretenders, predators with evil intentions and hidden agenda's; trying to lure these young people into a (false sense of friendship and security) in order to use and possibly destroy them.
Originally posted by ShadeWolf
reply to post by whyamIhere
A trained ape is overqualified for that kind of work. Someone with full possession of a functioning mind has no place slaving away at a cash register for a pittance. The only reason things like gas station attendant and retail worker haven't been replaced by machines is because government subsidies make slaves cheaper.
reply to post by votan
It is very annoying when people start slamming some younger generation. your generation probably got slammed quite a bit too. Maybe that criticism has made you bitter.
Larry Page and co-founder Sergey Brin started Google while at Stanford working on their PhD's. When the company grew too big to be run from their dorm rooms, the founders made a pitch to a computer science professor who wrote them a $100,000 check on the spot.
Zuckerberg expanded on this initial project that semester by creating a social study tool ahead of an art history final. He uploaded 500 Augustan images to a website, with one image per page along with a comment section.[6] He opened the site up to his classmates and people started sharing their notes. "The professor said it had the best grades of any final he’d ever given. This was my first social hack. With Facebook, I wanted to make something that would make Harvard more open," Zuckerberg said in a TechCrunch interview.